[Ambassadors] Fedora people in Japan

[Tristan Santore]

On 15/03/11 13:38, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 19:01 +0530, Ankur Sinha wrote: 
>> On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 08:11 -0430, María Leandro wrote:
>>> Hola!! 
>>>
>>> I will like to extend this short words to express our support to all
>>> our people living in Japan, and also to those Japaneses living in
>>> other countries, our prays are with all of you. Fedora is not only a
>>> group of people working and enjoying foss technologies, but also is a
>>> big family that supports each other in every moment. 
>>>
>>> A huge hug to everyone and hope everyone is ok in this difficult
>>> moment. 
>>>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I work in the free media program, and we have a "donations" section
>> where we can collect funds for use in free media. I was wondering if we
>> could set up something similar quickly (or use the same account if
>> feasible) to collect funds which could be passed on to some organization
>> helping out in Japan? It's just an idea, and if we have people in place
>> to achieve this, it would really be awesome. 
>>
>> I should have thought of this earlier, but I'm sure there's still a lot
>> we can help out with. 
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ankur
>>
>> [User:FranciscoD]]
> 
> Or we could all directly do our bit. It would save the time and energy
> required in collection and co-ordination. 
> 
> Two from google:
> 
> http://www.redcross.org/
> 
> http://www.shelterboxusa.org/
> 
> Thanks,
> Ankir
> 
> 
> 
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You are better off leaving this to registered charities, as people can
reclaim donations on their taxes etc., and the charities don't pay tax
on anything.

Regards,

Tristan

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